Container List

Boxes 1-4

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1986

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically, where appropriate.

Divided into 3 sub-series: Incoming, Outgoing, and Neither To Nor From. Consists primarily of Sisson's professional correspondence
with colleagues pertaining to his Jack London research. Incoming and outgoing correspondence is further subdivided by origin
or destination: individual scholars, institutions, publishers, and dealers. Some outgoing letters have replies attached.

INCOMING, 1950-1986

From Individual Scholars

Box 1, folder 1

Beilke, Marlan, 1940-1972-85

folder 2

Costaz, Gilles1975-76

folder 3

Fleming, Becky London1968-86

folder 4

Hart, James David, 1911-1966-84

folder 5

Hensley, Dennis E., 1948-1976-82

folder 6

Hoey, Henry P.1974-76

folder 7

Kingman, Russ1972-86

folder 8-9

Labor, Earle, 1928-1971-85

folder 10

Lacassin, Francis1974-77

folder 11-12

Lachtmann, Howard1971-75

folder 13

Leitz, Robert C., 1944-1981-85

folder 14

London, Joan1952-70

Box 2, folder 1

Schlottman, David1970-73

folder 2

Sherman, Joan R.1975-79

folder 3-5

Walker, Dale L.1969-73

folder 6

Weiderman, Richard1971-76

folder 7

Woodbridge, Hensley Charles, 1923-1968-72

folder 8

A-B miscellaneous, including:1964-82

Bates, D. Michael

Berghe, Robert Vanden

Bubka, Tony

folder 9

C-F miscellaneous, including:1970-86

Champion, Thomas

folder 10

G-H miscellaneous, including:1961-76

Glancy, Donald R.

Hildebrand, George Herbert

Hughes, Kent P.

folder 11

J-L miscellaneous, including:1971-83

Johnston, Carolyn

Kroll, Keith

Lampson, Robin, 1900-

folder 12

M-R miscellaneous, including:1966-85

Mortensen, James K.

Noto, Sal

Rather, Lois, 1905-

folder 13

S miscellaneous, including:1972-85

Shebl, James M.

Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)

Skoda, Jaroslav

Starr, Kevin

folder 14

T-Z miscellaneous, including:1963-84

Tweney, George H.

Woodward, Robert Hanson, 1925-

folder 15

Unsigned or incomplete[n.d.]

From Institutions

Box 3, folder 1

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery1969-72

folder 2

Library of Congress1967

folder 3

A-D miscellaneous institutions:1963-86

Alaska Historical Library and Museum

The American Jersey Cattle Club

Auburn University

Auburn University

Baylor University

Bettmann, Otto L.

Bibliography of American Literature

Bowdoin College

Brooklyn Public Library

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

California State Library

California State University, Chico

California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Sacramento

Chicago Historical Society

Chicago Public Library

City of Los Angeles

Columbia University

DeArmond, R. N.

folder 4

E-J miscellaneous institutions:1968-79

El Paso Public Library

Fordham University Library

Goetz, Fred

Harvard University Library

Hawaiian Historical Society

Howard University

Jack London Museum

folder 5

L-P miscellaneous institutions:1963-81

Louisiana State University

Mills College Library

Minneapolis Public Library

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center

Neiburg, Jack

The New York Public Library

Oakland Public Library

Ohio State University

Ohio Wesleyan University

Pattersonn Irrigator

The Public Library of Cincinnati

The Pueblo Chieftain

folder 6

R-W miscellaneous institutions:1967-86

Roosevelt University, Chicago

Saint Louis University

San Francisco Public Library

San Jose State University

Sonoma County Historical Society

Silas Bronson Library

Stanford University Archives

The State Library of Victoria

State University of New York, Brockport

Texas Woman's University

University of Illinois at Urbana

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky Libraries

University of Maine, Orono

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln

University of Otago

University of South Carolina

The University of Texas, El Paso

University of Washington Libraries

University of Wisconsin

Utah State University

Washington State University, Pullman

West Virginia University Library

Williams College

The Writer

From Publishers

Box 3, folder 7

Greenwood Press, San Francisco, Calif.1978-82

folder 8

Library of Congress

folder 9

Texas Western Press1972

folder 10

Miscellaneous copyright information1967-84

folder 11-13

Acknowledgments of gifts1963-86

Auburn University

The Bancroft Library

A-Z miscellaneous

From Dealers

Box 3, folder 14

Book dealer lists, A-Z1950-80

folder 15

U.S. Book sellers, A-Z1970

folder 16

English Book sellers, A-Z1973

OUTGOING, 1965-1986

To Individual Scholars

Box 4, folder 1

Beilke, Marlan, 1940-1972-83

folder 2

Labor, Earle, 1928-1971-86

folder 3

Lacassin, Francis1976-84

folder 4

Leitz, Robert C., 1944-1982-85

folder 5

Postif, Louis1978-85

folder 6

Stickney, Arthur1978-80

folder 7

Walker, Dale L.1969-71

folder 8

Weiderman, Richard1971-82

folder 9

A-D miscellaneous, including:1970-84

Bates, D. Michael

Butterworth, Keen

Chou, Prudence

Costaz, Gilles

folder 10

E-L miscellaneous, including:1965-85

Etulain, Richard W.

Fleming, Becky London

Hensley, Dennis E., 1948-

Heron, Herbert

Hildebrand, George Herbert

Johnston, Carolyn

Kroll, Keith

Lampson, Robin, 1900-

London, Joan

folder 11

M-Z miscellaneous, including:1969-82

Malloy, Rita A.

Meese, Edwin

Servin, Manuel P., 1920-

Shear, Walter Lewis

Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)

Sherman, Joan R.

Starr, Kevin

Woodbridge, Hensley Charles, 1923-

folder 12

Unsigned or incompleten.d.

To Institutions

Box 4, folder 13

Auburn University1978-86

folder 14

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery1969-70

folder 15

Stanford University Libraries1977-86

folder 16

A-H miscellaneous, including:1970-86

Alaska Historical Library and Museum

Boston Public Library

California State Library

Columbia University

Duke University Library

folder 17

I-R miscellaneous, including:1966-83

Library of Congress

Louisiana State University Library

New York Public Library

New York University Libraries

Roosevelt University, Chicago

folder 18

S-W miscellaneous, including:1970-86

Saint Louis University

State University of Iowa

NEITHER TO NOR FROM

Box 4, folder 19

To Tony Bubka from David Kherdian

folder 20

To Tony Bubka from miscellaneous scholars

folder 21

Miscellaneous

Cartons 1-6

SERIES 2: WRITINGS, ca. 1970-1986

Scope and Content Note

Divided into 4 sub-series: Published Monographs, Unpublished Monographs, Articles and Papers, and Indexes. Contains Sisson's
writings and research for books and articles about Jack London. Published and unpublished monographs are further subdivided
by title; Articles and Papers are arranged alphabetically by title. Some folders in this series contain photocopies of originals
held by other institutions; these may not be photocopied and are so marked.

PUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS, ca. 1970-1986

The Fiction of Jack London

Ctn. 1, folder 1

Bound copy

folder 2-4

Drafts, versions 1-3

folder 5

"The Birth Mark"

folder 6

"Bones of Kahekili"

folder 7

"Burning Daylight"

folder 8

"Captain of the Susan Drew"

folder 9

"Celle qu'on attendait"

folder 10

"Chased by the Trail"

folder 11

"Damascus Road"

folder 12

"Engraved Oarblade"

folder 13

"Flush of Gold" with index notes

folder 14

"Frisco Kid"

folder 15

"Gold" (short story)

folder 16

"Gold" (play with notes)

folder 17

"Law of Life" (proof copy)

folder 18

"Make Westing"

folder 19

"Morgason's Finish"

folder 20

"An Old Soldier's Story"

folder 21

"Passing of Marcus O'Brien"

folder 22

"Salt of the Earth"

folder 23

"The Son of the Wolf"

folder 24

"The Test: A Klondyke Wooing"

folder 25

"A Thousand Deaths"

folder 26

"Trust" (with index notes)

folder 27

"The Turning Point"

folder 28

"Turtles of Tasman"

folder 29

"Two Gold Bricks"

folder 30

"War"

folder 31

"A Wicked Woman"

folder 32

"Wit of Porportule"

folder 33

Miscellaneous short fiction

Jack London First Editions

Ctn. 1, folder 34-38

Text and notes, versions 1-5

folder 39

Foreword

folder 40

Introduction

folder 41

Correction sheet

folder 42

Book jackets

Jack London: Stories and Poems in the [Oakland] High School Aegis

Ctn. 1, folder 43-45

Draft copies

folder 46

Proof copies

UNPUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS, ca. 1970-1986

The Nonfiction of Jack London

Ctn. 1, folder 47-49

Essays & ephemera, version 1, 2, 3

folder 50-51

Appendices A-C, version 1, 2

folder 52

Appendices B-C, version 3

folder 53

Essays 95-365, version 4

folder 54

Essays 292-308, version 4

folder 55

Essays 396-451, version 4

folder 56-57

Essays, appendices, version 5

folder 58

Notebook 1, galleys and notes

Ctn. 2, folder 1

Notebook 1, galleys and notes

folder 2

Notebook 2, galleys and appendices

folder 3

Miscellaneous

folder 4-5

"Early Writings of Jack London 1893-1900
versions 1 and 2"

Clippings:

folder 6

"Goodbye, Jack"

folder 7

"In Extravagance of Adornment"

folder 8

"A Northland Miracle"

folder 9

"Stranger than Fiction"

folder 10

"The Terrible and Tragic in Fiction"

folder 11

"True Stories: A Klondyke Adventure"

folder 12

Preface to Scwarz, Osias: "General Types of Superior Men"

folder 13

London articles from
Australian Star, Sydney

folder 14

London articles from
Home Magazine

folder 15

Fight coverage

folder 16

Labor writings - Jack London

folder 17

Socialist writings - Jack London

folder 18

Correspondence about "A Good Soldier"

folder 19

Song lyrics

folder 20-22

Miscellaneous

folder 23

Tear sheets, reprints and copies of London articles

The Correspondence of Jack London

Ctn. 2, folder 24-37

Jack London letters and notes, 1898-1914

Scope and Content Note

[arranged chronologically]

Ctn. 3, folder 1-6

Jack London letters and notes, 1915-1916

Scope and Content Note

[arranged chronologically]

folder 7

"Babylonia"

folder 8

Anna Strunsky

folder 9

Copies of originals at Boston State University

folder 10

Copies of originals at Henry E. Huntington Library

folder 11

Copies of originals at Stanford

folder 12

Copies of originals at Utah State University

folder 13-14

Miscellaneous locations

Chapter Notes:

folder 15-73

Chapter 1 (alphabetical with one addenda)

folder 74

Chapter 2

folder 75

Chapter 3

folder 76-84

Chapter 4

folder 85

Chapter 5

folder 86

Chapter 6

folder 87

Ninetta Eames Payne

folder 88

Eliza Shepard

folder 89-91

Jack Byrne

folder 92

Business papers

folder 93

Ranch papers

folder 94-95

Law Suits

folder 96

Chapter 13

folder 97

Chapter 14

folder 98

"Manuscripts by others"

folder 99

Notebooks of photographs

folder 100

Ephemera

folder 101

Kittredge addenda

folder 102

Manuscript of Jack London Books

folder 103

Addenda

Poetic Tributes to Jack London

Ctn. 4, folder 1

"Jack London: Poet Manque"

folder 2-3

"Poems about Jack London"

Scope and Content Note

(Sisson/Bubka) version 1 & 2

folder 4-5

Typescripts

folder 6-7

Notebooks

folder 8

Copies of originals at Henry E. Huntington Library

folder 9

Copies of originals at Jack London State Park

folder 10

Copies of originals at Utah State University

folder 11

Copies of originals from miscellaneous locations

folder 12

From periodicals

folder 13

Copies, original source unknown

Jack London's Poems of Social Concern

Ctn. 4, folder 14-15

Galleys and notes

Scope and Content Note

version 1 & 2

folder 16-18

Notebook

folder 19

London poems: originals at Stanford

ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Ctn. 4, folder 20

"The Unpublished Writings of James E. Sisson III"

folder 21

"Comments on Jacob Blanck's 'Jack London' section in the BAL"

folder 22

"Introduction to Jack London's
Klondike Trio"

folder 23

"Jack London and
The Daughter of the Rich"

folder 24

"Jack London and Lieutenant-Colonel Vlachislov Petrovsky..."

folder 25

"Jack London as Dramatist"

folder 26

"Jack London Parodies"

folder 27

"Jack London's First Post-Klondike Home"

folder 28

"Jack London's `Lost Stories'"

folder 29

"Jack London's Use of Nietzsche"

folder 30

"Joan London: A Warrior for Labor," with

"A Chronological Bibliography of Writings by Joan London"

folder 31

"A Letter from Jack London to Miss Blanche Partington"

folder 32

"Memories of Becky London Fleming"

folder 33

"The Trail of the Serpent"

folder 34

"World Premiere of
Gold"

folder 35

"World Premiere of
Scorn of Women"

folder 36

Partial or incomplete articles and papers

INDEXES

Of Proper Names and Adjectives

Ctn. 4, folder 37

Adventure

folder 38

South Sea Tales

folder 39

White Fang

To Scrapbooks at the Henry E. Huntington Library

Ctn. 4, Box 5

To Scrapbooks 1-2, 1899-1903

Box 6

To Scrapbooks 2-4, 1903-1904

Ctn. 5, Box 7

To Scrapbooks 4-6, 1903-1905

Box 8

To Scrapbooks 6-7, 1905-1906

Box 9

To Scrapbooks 7-10, 1905-1911 July

Box 10

To Scrapbooks [9]-22, 1907-1915

Box 11

To Scrapbooks 22-25, 1913-1942, and illustrations, n.d.

Ctn. 6, Box 12

"A-Z through A4-M4"

Box 13

"O4-Z4 through A7-Z7", and subject files

Box 14

Miscellaneous reviews, and notes

Box 15

Miscellaneous index notes

Cartons 6-9, Box 5

SERIES 3: RESEARCH FILES ON JACK LONDON, ca. 1970-1986

Scope and Content Note

Divided into 6 sub-series: Bibliographies, Reviews, Chronologies, Works by Others, Clippings, and Miscellaneous. Consists
primarily of photocopies of material relating to Jack London and his works from a wide range of sources. Reviews of Jack London
works are listed alphabetically by title, while works by others are arranged alphabetically by author. Clippings have been
further subdivided by content, relating to: London family and friends; Jack London homes, parks, and societies; Jack London
scholars; and Miscellaneous. Some folders in this series contain photocopies of originals held by other institutions; these
may not be photocopied and are so marked.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Ctn. 6, folder 1

General

folder 2

Lists by genre, excluding short stories

Scope and Content Note

[chronologically arranged]

folder 3

Bibliography of Jack London books

Scope and Content Note

[chronologically arranged]

folder 4

Lists by place

Scope and Content Note

[chronologically arranged]

folder 5

Miscellaneous entries by year from binder

folder 6

Michael, Brother of Jerry and the Jack London Club:
"A Chronological Bibliography"

folder 7

Lists by genre

Scope and Content Note

[alphabetically arranged]

folder 8

Lists of short stories

Scope and Content Note

[alphabetically arranged]

folder 9

Bibliography of Jack London works by William Henry Chaney

folder 10

"Periodicals in which Jack London's Works were Published"

folder 11

Master's theses

folder 12

Doctoral dissertations

folder 13

Jack London illustrators, 1895-1978

folder 14

Jack London illustrators, 1895-1984

folder 15

Miscellaneous bibliographic entries from notebook

Ctn. 7, folder 1-2

Miscellaneous bibliographies and research notes from notebook

folder 3

Jack London collections available at major research libraries

folder 4

Jack London books in the Uppsala, Sweden Library

folder 5

Partial and incomplete bibliographies

folder 6

Bibliographies published in other sources

folder 7

Miscellaneous printed bibliographies

folder 8

Lists of articles by Sisson

folder 9

Book announcements, books about London

folder 10

Announcements of London's works

REVIEWS

Ctn. 7, folder 11-12

"Reviews of" Jack London writings, A-Z

folder 1

The Abysmal Brute

folder 14

"The Acorn-Planter"

folder 15

Adventure

folder 16

The Assassination Bureau, Ltd

folder 17

"Babylonia"

folder 18

"Before Adam"

folder 19

"Billy the Kid"

folder 20

Burning Daylight

folder 21

The Call of the Wild

folder 22

Children of the Frost (collected stories)

folder 23

The Cruise of the Dazzler

folder 24

The Cruise of the Snark

folder 25

A Daughter of the Snows

folder 26

Daughters of the Rich

folder 27

Dutch Courage and Other Stories

folder 28

"The Faith of Men"

folder 29

"The First Poet"

folder 30

The Game

folder 31

"The God of His Fathers"

folder 32

"Gold"

folder 33

"The Great Interrogation"

folder 34

Hearts of Three

folder 35

"The House of Pride"

folder 36

The Human Drift

folder 37

The Iron Heel

folder 38

The Jacket

folder 39

John Barleycorn

folder 40

The Kempton - Wace Letters

folder 41

The Little Lady of the Big House

folder 42

Lost Face (collected stories)

folder 43

Love of Life and Other Stories

folder 44

Martin Eden

folder 45

Moon Face and Other Stories (collected stories)

folder 46

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

folder 47

"The Night Born"

folder 48

"An Odyssey of the North"

folder 49

The People of the Abyss

folder 50

Revolution (Sociological Essays and Others)

folder 51

The Road (Tramping Experiences)

folder 52

"The Scab"

folder 53

The Scarlet Plague

folder 54

"The Scorn of Women"

folder 55

The Sea Wolf

folder 56

Smoke Bellew

folder 57

A Son of the Sun

folder 58

The Son of the Wolf

folder 59

South Seas Tales (collected stories)

folder 60

The Star Rover

folder 61

"The Strength of the Strong"

folder 62

Tales of the Fish Patrol (juvenile)

folder 63

"Theft"

folder 64

The Turtles of Tasman (collected stories)

folder 65

The Valley of the Moon

folder 66

War Correspondence

folder 67

War of the Classes

folder 68

"When God Laughs"

folder 69

White Fang

folder 70

"A Wicked Woman"

CHRONOLOGIES

Ctn. 7, folder 71-111

1897-1973

folder 112

Chronological by publication titles

folder 113

Chronology of Jack London in Hawaii in
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and working notes

folder 114

Biographical chronology of Jack London

folder 115

A Partial List of Important Dates in the Literary Career of Jack London

WORKS BY OTHERS

Ctn. 7, folder 116

Bean, Walton

Jack London lecture notes

folder 117

Bubka, Tony

"The Poems of Jack London"

folder 118

Gilbert, Hilda

"The Daughters of the Rich"

folder 119

Glancy, Donald

London Essays

folder 120

Hearn, Anne

Bibliography of Jack London's Writings

folder 121

Hendricks, King

"On Jack London's Death"

folder 122-123

Henkels, Annie E.

"Notes on the Kindness Club"

folder 124

Henry, W. G.

"The Iron Heel: A Dramatization"

Ctn. 8, folder 1-4

Hensley, Dennis E., 1948-, including:

"The Alaskan Folklore Heritage"

"Jack London Masterplots"

folder 5

Jensen, Emil

"Jack London at Stewart River"

folder 6

Kavalaris, John

"Jack London and the Literature of Exposure"

folder 7

Kimball, David

"The God of His Fathers: A Dramatization"

folder 8

Kirschner, Richard

Burglars

folder 9

Labor, Earle, 1928-

Jack London (Sisson annotations)

folder 10

Littel, Katherine Mather

"The Nietschean and the Individualist in Jack London's Socialist Writings"